Depth of edge influence on agriculture-forestry boundary in arid valley of upper reaches of Minjiang River, China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1804-1808

  Li, Liguang ^a,b   He, Xingyuan ^a   Li, Xiuzhen ^a   Wen, Qingchun ^a,b   Zhao, Yonghua ^a,b   Hu, Zhibin ^a,b   Chang, Yu ^a   Zhu, Yaping ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary; Depth of edge influence (DEI); Edge effects; Moving split window techniques (MSWT)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RIVER; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; RIVERS; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIN BASIN [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN; WORLD;

EID: 10444271744     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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